Reviews for Phantomjs
Login to ReviewCasey Thomas
Mar 10, 2026
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Abandoned and Unreliable - A Developer's Headache
I used PhantomJS for a few web scraping projects, but it's been nothing but frustrating. The project is essentially abandoned, with no updates for years, which means it constantly breaks on modern websites using newer JavaScript features. Setting it up and debugging obscure errors consumed more time than the actual automation work, and I've since moved to more maintained alternatives like Puppeteer.
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Phantomjs
PhantomJS is an open-source headless web browser scriptable with JavaScript. It is used for automating web page interactions, testing, web …
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